Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Sunday School Lesson

Here is our FREE Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Sunday School Lesson! Do you ever feel like a dudβa failure? Even though God knows everything about you, including the ways you mess up, he still loves you because he made you.Β Kids will be able to label specific sins that they commit and state that God can forgive them. God loves us even when we mess up.Β God wants us all to do better. He gave us the Bible, our parents, and our pastors to teach us right from wrong, and he gives us his Holy Spirit to guide our lives. But God doesnβt expect perfection. He knows weβre going to mess up, and when we do, and he still loves us. If you liked this lesson, be sure to check out ourΒ Candy 12-Week Children's Ministry Curriculum.Β This lesson is great for every Children's Ministry, Kids Church, and Sunday School!Β And, if you like this lesson we have over 100 more free Sunday School Lessons for Kids!
Fearfully and Wonderfully MadeΒ Sunday School Lesson For Kids:
BOTTOM LINE:
God loves us even when we mess up.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids will be able to label specific sins that they commit and state that God can forgive them. Β
KEY PASSAGE:
Psalm 139:1-18, We Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made
MEMORY VERSE:
βI praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.βPsalm 139:14 (NIV)
SUMMARY:
Do you ever feel like a dudβa failure? Even though God knows everything about you, including the ways you mess up, he still loves you because he made you.
SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear God,
Thank you for loving us, even when we mess up.
In Jesusβname,
Amen
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MEMORY VERSE
βI praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.β Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
βHow you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that. What you have done is wonderful. I know that very well.β Psalm 139:14 (NIrV)
LARGE GROUP:
Put the verse on the big screen and read it aloud with the kids.
SMALL GROUP:
Ask the kids what they think the writer was trying to say when he wrote these words. Then ask them how this verse is connected to todayβs story.
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SKIT
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CHAD AND THE CANDY FACTORY: WRONG BUTTON!
ITEMS NEEDED:
A plate of red gum drops
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
3M
CHARACTERS:
Announcer
Chad - A kid who inherited a candy factory
Willy Wacko - A candy genius
ANNOUNCER: Did you see the movie about the kid who inherited the chocolate factory? Did you ever wonder how it went for that kid after he went to work at the factory? Well, wonder no more! Now you can see what itβs like to be the heir of a candy fortune in the new series: Chad and the Candy Factory!
Chad enters with the plate of gum drops.
CHAD: Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, I am in trouble! Oh, when Mr. Wacko finds out what I did, he is going to dip me in chocolate and toss me out the window! Oh my goodness, oh myβ
WILLY: (off stage)Chad? Chad, where are you?
CHAD: Iβm not here! Aw, man!
Willy enters.
WILLY: There you are! Oh, I see you found the gum drop machine!
CHAD: Why would you say that?
WILLY: Well, I see youβre holding a plate of gum drops, so I just put two and two together.
CHAD: Oh these? These arenβt gum drops.
WILLY: Yes they are. Theyβre Wackoβs Wonder Drops. Iβd recognize them anywhere. Let me try one.
CHAD: No! Please donβt, Mr. Wacko.
WILLY: Why not? You know I love my gum drops.
CHAD: Yes, well, when I made this batch, I kind of messed up.
WILLY: Uh oh, did you accidentally hit the cherry flavor lever instead of the strawberry? I told you, cherry is green, not red.
CHAD: No. Yes. Well, itβs a little more complicated than that.
WILLY: How so?
CHAD: I put the wrong flavor in, but itβs not cherry.
WILLY: What flavor is it?
Willy snatches a gum drop and puts it in his mouth.
CHAD: Hot sauce.
Willy spits the gum drop out, shooting it across the stage.
WILLY: Zowie, thatβs hot!
CHAD: Iβm so sorry, Mr. Wacko.
WILLY: Itβs okay, Chad, youβre still learning. At least you made a sample and didnβt do a big run.
Long pause.
WILLY: You did a big run, didnβt you?
CHAD: One million six hundred and fifty thousand.
WILLY: Oh my!
CHAD: Iβm sorry, Mr. Wacko. Iβll just go pack my bags and move back to the little shack with my grandparents who never get out of bed.
WILLY: Chad, donβt be silly. None of us are perfect people, but we are perfectly made by God. I canβt be mad at you because Iβm not perfect either.
CHAD: Do you mean that, Mr. Wacko?
WILLY: I do! We all mess up sometimes, Chad, but that doesnβt mean God doesnβt still love us. Weβll learn from this, and weβll do better next time.
CHAD: Aww, thanks, Mr. Wacko.
WILLY: Come on, letβs pack up these hot sauce gum drops and ship them to my grandma. She loves spicy stuff!
OBJECT LESSON
ITEMS NEEDED:
A plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies
Weβre starting a new series about candy. Every week weβre going to talk about a different kind of candy. So why, you must be wondering, do I have a plate of homemade, delicious chocolate chip cookies?
Aside from the fact that cookies, like candy, are sweet and delicious, these cookies in particular have something to teach us. What shape are cookies supposed to be? Theyβre circles, arenβt they? But can you spot a single cookie in this batch thatβs a perfect circle?
Cookie makers like Keebler and Nabisco make round cookies all day because they use machines. Imperfect people make imperfectly round cookies. But even though these cookies look imperfect, theyβre still cookies, and they are still delicious. I mean, even though these cookies are not perfectly round, you would eat them, wouldnβt you?
We were made by Godβs hands. We are not perfect because we are sinful, and yet God loves us perfectly. He sent his son to die for us so he could forgive our sins. No matter how bad we mess up, God still loves us.
These cookies arenβt perfect, but that doesnβt mean we canβt enjoy them. We are not perfect, but that doesnβt mean God doesnβt love us. He loves you just as you are, and he always will!
LARGE GROUP GAME
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PERFECT TEN
ITEMS NEEDED:
A kidsβbasketball hoop and ball
INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose one player for this game. Put sixty seconds on a clock, and give that player sixty seconds to shoot hoops. The goal in this game is to make ten baskets in a row. Start counting when the shooter completes the first basket, and see if he can get to ten. If he misses one, start over.
VARIATION:
Instead of having one kid try to make ten in a row, choose three kids and see who can make the most shots in a row.
WHATβS THE POINT?
Jesus loves us even when we are not perfect. Β
LARGE GROUP LESSON
BOTTOM LINE:
God loves us even when we mess up.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids will be able to label specific sins that they commit and state that God can forgive them. Β
KEY PASSAGE:
Psalm 139:1-18, We Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made
INTRO:
When people create candy, they usually try to give those candies names that are happy and exciting. Names like Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Sweetarts, Starburst, and Twizzlers sound fun when we hear them. Who wouldnβt want a treat named that?
But there are some candies that have some very dull, boring, and peculiar names. Letβs talk for a moment about M&Ms. Yes, we all know M&Ms are fun and chocolatey, but M&Ms? Really? Two letters and the symbol for the word βandβ? Not exactly a fun, kid-friendly name, is it?
And how about Whatchamacallit? Isnβt that an odd name for a candy bar? Imagine your friend asks you, βHey, what are you eating?β and you answer, βWhatchamacallit?β Then they answer back, βThatβs what Iβm asking you!β Sounds like a candy perfectly named to cause fights among friends.
Todayβs candy is one of those with a name that makes you scratch your head. Iβm talking about Milk Duds. Is there any candy with a more unfortunate name than Milk Duds? When you hear the word βdudβyou think of a movie that disappointed you, or a firework that doesnβt explode. And the sad truth is, Milk Duds were named because they were a disappointment. The man who invented the milk chocolate covered candies wanted them to come out round, but they all kept coming out odd shaped. For that reason he named them βduds.β
Itβs easy for us to feel like duds sometimes. We, like Milk Duds, are not perfect. We mess up. We do things we know weβre not supposed to do. We can feel like weβve failed. But the good news is God loves us just as we are. Even when we mess up, he is crazy about us.
READ PSALM 139:1-18
MAIN POINT:
Psalm 139 was written by David. David, the Bible tells us, was a man after Godβs own heart, but David was not perfect. David made some big mistakes in his life, and those mistakes cost him and his family dearly.
David says in this psalm that God knows whatβs in his heart. He knows whatβs in all of our hearts because he made us. God knows what we are going to do or say before we even act or speak, and thereβs nothing we do that escapes his notice. Yet in spite of the bad thatβs in our hearts, God is still looking out for us. He loves his children, and thereβs no place we can go that heβs not looking out for us.
We may not be duds, but weβre not perfect people either. God still loves us because he made us, and nothing we can say or do will change that.
DRIVE IT HOME:
I told you a few moments ago how Milk Duds got their name. Itβs not a flattering name, but that doesnβt mean Mild Duds themselves are a disappointment. Milk Duds are bite-sized bits of caramel coated in milk chocolate, and for fans of chocolate and caramel, they are a real treat. They may no be perfectly round, but Milk Dud fans wouldnβt change a thing.
Thatβs how God feels about us. God made us and wanted us to be perfect, but he knows that we live in a world of sin. We are all born with a selfish, self-centered heart, and we all have broken Godβs commands.
Yet in spite of our mistakes, we are loved. God loves is even though we lie. He loves us even though we disobey our parents. He loves us when we are jealous or hateful or disrespectful to others.
God wants us all to do better. He gave us the Bible, our parents, and our pastors to teach us right from wrong, and he gives us his Holy Spirit to guide our lives. But God doesnβt expect perfection. He knows weβre going to mess up, and when we do, and he still loves us.
Milk Duds may not be perfect, but theyβre loved by those who enjoy chocolate and caramel. We are not perfect, but we are loved by the God who made us. No matter what youβve done or will do, God loves you. You are not duds in his eyes!
CLOSE WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear God,
Thank you for loving us, even when we mess up.
In Jesusβname,
Amen
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION (K-2ND)
ICEBREAKER:
Have you ever tried Milk Duds?
MEMORY VERSE ACTIVITY:
Psalm 139:14
Ask the kids what they think the writer was trying to say when he wrote these words. Then ask them how this verse is connected to todayβs story.
SMALL GROUP GAME/ACTIVITY:
Have a contest among the kids to create a better name for Milk Duds - or see of you can come up with some alternate names for other candies.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Read Psalm 139:1-18
How well does God know our thoughts?
Does God know everything that we do?
How does God know us so well?
Can you name some ways that you βmess upβ with God?
Can God forgive all of your mess-ups? Β Β
SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear God,
Forgive us when we mess up, and make our hearts brand new.
In Jesusβname,
Amen
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION (3RD-5TH)
ICEBREAKER:
Have you ever tried Milk Duds?
MEMORY VERSE ACTIVITY:
Psalm 139:14
Ask the kids what they think the writer was trying to say when he wrote these words. Then ask them how this verse is connected to todayβs story.
SMALL GROUP GAME/ACTIVITY:
Have a contest among the kids to create a better name for Milk Duds - or see of you can come up with some alternate names for other candies.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Read Psalm 139:1-18
How well does God know our thoughts?
How does God know us so well?
What are some of the sins kids your age commit often?
Can God forgive all of our mess-ups? Β Β
Why do you think God loves us so much?
SIMPLE PRAYER:
Dear God,
Forgive us when we mess up, and make our hearts brand new.
In Jesusβname,
Amen
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For your convenience, you can also download the entire PDF version of thisΒ Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Children's Ministry LessonΒ (just click the link).Β
Here's a video from Saddleback kids that you might find helpful to go along with your Sunday School Lesson on being Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.
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"Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" Bible Lesson for Children
"You Are Wonderfully Made" Sunday School Lesson (Psalm 139:13-14)
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'I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made' Childrens Lesson
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